I have just finalized an advertising deal with Doug Reeves at Van’s Air Force whereby my ad box will be placed HERE on the side bar of the page where the previous day’s posting is placed. It is going to see a great deal of traffic and hopefully it will bring an increase in traffic to this blog.
Hi Everyone,
Been away from this site for way too long 
I have been working on my RV-10 and have added products to my line offered through Cleaveland Aircraft Tools. I currently have 6 products that I sell through Cleaveland and I am always looking for more. If you have an accessory that you have designed and don’t want to market but would like to see successful. Send me a e-mail at dhertner@kitaircraftmods.com I would be happy to discuss it with you.
The latest product I have designed is a replacement spacer set for the RV-10 nose wheel. This spacer set consists of a solid spacer on one side of the wheel bearing and a two-piece threaded spacer on the other. You assemble the wheel, tightening the bolts in the axle to the proper torque specification. Once complete, you turn the outer sleeve to set the proper preload on the bearings and set the set screws.
Once the wheel is assembled you will not have to disassemble it again should you need to adjust the bearing preload.
I will write another post describing it in detail shortly.
Thanks for taking the time to read my musings on the modifications of kit aircraft and do not hesitate to send me your modifications to include on this site.
Dave
I haven’t posted for a day or so because I have been actually working on my airplane.
I have had a local upholsterer here at in the garage taking measurements for the wonderful leather and fabric seat covers that I have designed. He is also taking the measurements to make templates for the side panels and carpet sections.
I can’t believe the cost of an upholstery job. I am lucky though that I found someone local who has experience with aircraft. I am having him make all of the templates so that I can offer an upholstery package that is less expensive. This might mean that we will have to put out a standard set of colors to keep the cost of inventory down. Whay do you think of that?
I am hoping to have my seats at Oshkosh this year at my Distributor’s booth along with examples of a line of seat foams that will be very competitively priced.
I would like to hear from some of you readers. I have received only a few comments on the tail strobe mount ring in the comments section. I would very much appreciate any comment you might have regarding this blog. I am into it now for a couple of weeks and I want to know firstly, if the content is what you are looking for and secondly, I would like to hear about the modifications that you have made to your aircraft.
Send your comments to davehertner@kitaircraftmods.com I would love the feedback.
Dave
Hi there everyone,
I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to read my blog. I have been very happy with the numbers who have come to visit.
I will get a little bit of administration out of the way right off of the bat. I initially started this blog under the URL www.kitairplanemods.com. This proved somewhat awkward for me in that I kept telling eveyone that it was www.kitaircraftmods.com when it wasn’t. I have cleared this up by switching over to the current www.kitaircraftmods.com completely and I am much happier for it.
As well, I would love it it you would place a link to my blog on your home page or e-mail it to a friend. This will give you a daily pipeline to the modifications that other builders are incorporating into their aircraft.
I have already started to receive comments on some of the posts. Thank you for your kind words. Please feel free to make a comment on what you have read. As long as the comments are kept clean and constructive, I will post them for all to see. If you want the comment kept private then make sure that you stat that in the comment.
Dave
I would like to say hello to all you experimental aircraft builders out there who love to make modifications to their aircraft or its systems.
I am starting this blog to provide information and reviews of the many modifications that are out there already and provide a space for those yet to be thought up.
My name Is Dave Hertner and I am currently building a Van’s RV-10. I have made a number of modifications to my own aircraft and as a result I have started a company named Effectus AeroProducts to manufacture high quality accessories and sub-kits for experimental kit aircraft.
I will be on the look out for modifications that have been made by ordinary builders just like you. I want to discuss them and post your design stories so that everyone can appreciate the effort that goes into the modification process.
In this blog I would also like to discuss the dismal reputation that many companies have who aspire to supply us with accessories. I will bring to your attention any shady companies that I come across so that we can all avoid the often devastating financial losses. It costs enough to build a plane already. We don’t need shady business practices.
All we have to do is look at the Direct2 debacle to understand a need for this type of communication.
I will be posting regularly here so I would appreciate that you spread the word that I have begun this endeavor.
Dave